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Philosophy 102:  Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry
Ethics and Philosophical Ethics

ETHICS TEST CONTENTS

Bernard de Mandeville, "Man is Always Selfish"

1. __________de Mandeville trues to convince people that they are better off if they are selfless and helpful to others.

 

2. __________These wise men or politicians try to convince people through flattery that honor comes from denying yourself and shame comes from seeking your own interests.


3. __________If you try to benefit others, according to de Mandeville, then you are acting in accordance with nature.

 

4. __________The moral virtues, according to de Mandeville, were invented in order to subjugate people.


5. __________The politicians are only after their own interests and seek to get others to sacrifice for their benefit.


6. __________A person who has pity for a baby about to be thrown into the fire is really looking after his own interests, according to de Manville.


7. __________The notion of God is used by the politicians as a threat of punishment if the people seek their own interest.


8. __________The theory that each person seeks his own interest is called ethical hedonism.


9. __________de Mandeville seeks to show that psychological hedonism is true.


10. __________He seeks to show that ethical hedonism is true.

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